Why do we eat the way we do? What happens to food in our body? How does nutrition maintain our health? How do we study the way people use food? How does culture influence our food choices? How is food discussed in the media? How can we change food behaviour?

The Master’s Programme in Human Nutrition and Food-Related Behaviour focuses on human nutrition and related behaviour from the perspective of public health nutrition, nutrition physiology and social sciences. The innovative, thought-inspiring programme is built around human nutrition, food behaviour and food consumption.  

The goal of the Master’s programme is to enable you to

• Understand the significance of nutrition to bodily functions and health
• Learn to analyse the physiological, psychological, social and cultural aspects that determine food choices of individuals and communities
• Recognise the diversity of food and nutritional issues and ways to influence them